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satoko takiguchi
satoko takiguchi  Identity Verified
Japan
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Japanese to English
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Mar 24, 2004

ローマ字表記について、みなさんはどう思っているのかと思い、メッセージ立てさせていただきます。
日本人だと、shiでもsiでも、し、と発音しますが、英語などだとshiとsiは発音が異なるので、ローマ字表記としては、shiにしますよね？
でも、たとえば、「もう」などの場合、ひらがなで書くと、「もう」になり、ローマ字だと、mouになりますよね？確かに発音では、あまり、「もう」とはっきり「う」とは言わないと思いますが、もし、ローマ字でmooとするとなると、ひらがなに起こす際、「もお」となってしまって、言葉自体が変わってしまうと思うのですが、みなさんはどう思いますか？私は、ローマ字にもし変換しなければいけないとしたら、ひらがなの表記に沿うべきだと思うのですが…
 
Katalin Horváth McClure
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Romanization systems - romaji writing Mar 24, 2004

Dear Miruru,
I think the best idea for a translator to use one of the standard romanization systems (there are four main systems). The client may have a preference, you should ask, If they don't than use the Hepburn romaji, which is the most widely used romanization system.
There is an excellent article about romanization of Japanese t... See more
Dear Miruru,
I think the best idea for a translator to use one of the standard romanization systems (there are four main systems). The client may have a preference, you should ask, If they don't than use the Hepburn romaji, which is the most widely used romanization system.
There is an excellent article about romanization of Japanese text at the following location:

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hepburn%20Romaji

You can read more about the topic using the links provided within the article.
You can find a lot of other information on the internet, just search for romaji, romanization, etc.
I hope this helps.
Katalin ▲ Collapse
 
satoko takiguchi
satoko takiguchi  Identity Verified
Japan
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Thanks Mar 25, 2004

Dear Katalin
Thanks for the link.:)
There is a Japanese leaning book called "げんき" by Japan times, and they put roman letters with Japanese. For ありがとう, they put roman letters as "arigatoo". I was confused by that. If someone first leaning Japanese saw this way and tried to type/write into Japanese, they might write as "ありがとお"...?

Anyway thanks a lot for your reply.
I will seach more.
Miruru
 
jbcreix
jbcreix
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wa-puro Aug 31, 2007

I believe wa-puro ro-maji using ts, sh, j and n' is the best choice.
 


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